Happy Day

So I am having the best day! I have been hating my phone for months. I have been dropping every call I make or answer. So today I have a new phone. And I have an internet connection at home!!! This actually makes me the most happy. I have hated having to do all my online things on the I-phone. Just not the same as having a real screen in front of you. So watch out facebook and blog world, I am back in business!!! :)

The other reason, my in-laws have the kids for a couple of days, and I am loving the quiet in my house. Although, every day would get very boring. I sure do love getting out of bed when I want to and going when I want to. It has been a nice break.

So I am on the look out for someone who would be willing to spend a couple of hours teaching me how to use my photoshop program. I am willing to pay. I just need some help, ok maybe a lot of help!!!! If anyone would be willing or would know someone who would help me let me know!!! Thanks.

I hope everyone has a great 2010!!!

Crazy days!!!

So first off have to say, Happy Birthday to Gavin, Jaxon, and Lakin. Can't believe how time is flying by. My nieces and nephews make me so happy. I thank all if you for letting me smother them when I get to be with them.

Lance and I just got home from a long 5 days in Vegas. Oh boy did we have a great time. Josh and Jenn were great traveling companions. Actually they are awesome and it was so good to get away. We saw Brooks and Dunn on concert. I LOVED that. And we went to the NFR which was great! The other thing I realized is that I missed my kids more this time than I ever have. I think that us mostly because so much of what we did they would have loved!!! Now don't get me wrong, they had a great time with G&G Mackay, so they didn't miss me too much. Thanks so much to my awesome parents for taking such great care if them.

Anyway, now back to normal life. I am trying to get my Christmas quilt done. One thing a lit of people may not know about me , is that I love quilt patterns and to sea them together. I tried to hand quilt my last one and I will never do that again! So now if I could only talk Lance into buying me a quilting machine. Oh what fun I cold have and what money I could save! ;) he sees it as me spending more on fabric. Pribably true!

Fun Saturday

So what a fun day. Kids spent a couple hours at Rollarena. (Thanks Kasey!) now we are headed in to visit the Grandparents. The kids are off to a play with G&G Bunger. I think Lance and I will head to dinner. So nice to be able to spend time with him. I have to say, I really love this time of year. I love the cold mornings and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I got to work, which was nice. Three nights of awesome patients makes it all worth it!

Just on my mind

The last few weeks have been a flurry of activity. I just don't know where the time goes. Lances grandparents have moved here. We are so excited. My kids are loving it, and I am enjoying them so much. I realize how short our time with them may be after losing our adopted grandpa and grandma Flippo within the last 3 months. Sad times but thankful for what we had.

Lion King was as great as always. My kids LOVED it. Only problem it is so late. They had a hard time staying awake. It was well worth the money and I know they will always remember it.

I don't know what has gotten into me. I decided all my closets needed reorganizing. Yesterday pulled everything out of them rearranged
and now I have to tackle my room. I think living in a smaller house had made me a bit more aware if the clutter. Before it could be spread out more and it didn't bother me. Now not so true. I have to say I feel so much better with clean closets!

Not quite a year

So I miss blogging! Hence I am back!
So LOVED New Moon last night. Made me miss being 17. I thought it was so much better than the first one. Now I really am excited for Eclipse. Thanks to Alicia and Kim for coordinating the pre-screening. It was great!

I am so excited for today. Taking the kids and headed with the Wilson Family to Lion King. They are so excited!!! And I am excited to see their reactions. Bailie just wants to make sure she doesn't have to wear a dress in the car. She wants to be comfortable. That girl loves her jeans and sweats.

Ok I guess that is all for now. To my sisters, I will try to get some new pictures up soon. Still working on getting that computer of mine up and going.

A Great Vacation

So a couple weeks ago we took our annual trip to Schweitzer. The kids love to ski and I love to watch. The mountain is so pretty. We had a great time with our Wilson cousins and even Avery got to come with us. The kids took right to where they left off from last year and Brennan even gave snowboarding a try. He did so good! Thanks Lane and Beth for going with us. We had a great time!

Happy Birthday Lance

So I am only a few days late with this one. Sorry honey. I have to tell my husband Happy Birthday. The kids and I had fun taking you out to eat. I am going to try and come up with 33 things/facts about Lance.

1. He is a great dad!
2. He is my perfect husband.
3. He is an oldest child. (meaning he is used to being in charge. me too!)
4. He loves Thai food. (Bangkok)
5. He loves seafood.
6. He has to have Tillamook cheese.
7. And Tillamook ice cream.
8. He is so good looking!
9. He hates to turn his phone on.
10. He is a good mechanic.
11. He is a perfectionist.
12. He hates to pay bills.
13. His favorite color used to be pink. (not so sure now)
14. He is a really good basketball player.
15. He loves nature shows.
16. He also like those weird food shows.(Gag!)
17. He does not like to go to movies. (So I go with other people)
18. He likes old country music.(Hence my kids singing, 7 Spanish Angels)
19. He sleeps on the right side of the bed.
20. He likes to snowboard.
21. He wants to go to Belize.
22. His dream job would be guiding fishing trips.
23. He makes the best swedish pancakes.
24. He likes to go out to eat. (I love that, but my waist doesn't)
25. He hates nagging.
26. He will only play certain card/board games.
27. Lance sees things in black and white.
28. He makes me feel safe. (Except for those times when he won't get up to
see what the noise was.)
29. He can watch old ESPN classic basketball. (WHY?)
30. Lance LOVES to fish!!!!
31. Did I mention Lance is quite the fisherman?
32. Fishing is Lance's greatest passion.
33. I guess since Lance is now 33, and getting up there, he can fish since that may be the only thing he does the older he gets. :~)

I really do love you honey and I am sorry I am so late. Happy Birthday! I hope I can come up with 50 things when I need to.

Just a side note, I did write this at 5 am after not sleeping all night, so please forgive my lack of creativity. I'm tired, but what is new?

10 years of BLISS!!!

Yea right! Anyone that knows Lance and I very well will laugh at that heading. But we have made it 10 years. I always have to add that we have dated for almost 5 before that. Lance and I met in high school. The first day I saw him I knew I was going to marry him. Pretty crazy. I was so young. Here is a good story about us. I am a journal writer. I write everything. Well Lance and I got married on Jan 16th 1999. When we were moving into our first house I was going through old journals. I came across an entry for Jan 16th 1994. That was the first night Lance ever kissed me. So sweet! Well honey, here is to 10 more years of bliss! I love you!

Boring!

That is how I feel about my life right now. All I do is work and sleep. So boring. Oh I guess I also have been shopping on the internet way too much! Don't tell my husband! That is a problem when you are on the computer and looking for random things.

So our Christmas was great but tiring. We were up so late every night. I love that. Lance, not so much. My kids sure got into the Christmas spirit. Bailie wrote Santa a letter thanking him for the gifts before she even saw what the gifts were. Then she left him her fortune from a fortune cookie that said, "the world is a better place because you are in it." I think Santa must have shed a few tears over that one. Anyway, great times and fun memories were made. Now we are all sad because our cousins are back in Texas and there is no one to play with all day every day.

Another bit of good news. Matt and Debbie are getting married on Valentines day. That is something to look forward to. And Amy got a ring from Marc for Christmas. I think the plan for that one is a July wedding. Seems so weird to have my baby brothers getting married. They have chosen great girls and I know they will be happy.

That is it for my boring life. I bought a shirt the other day that has my motto for the year on it. It says, "love the life you live." So That is my goal to work on my happiness. Only I can control that and I need to work on it!!!

Jan 11th

Two of my favorite girls share a Jan 11th birthday. I have to thank Jack for picking me the best sister-in-law ever!!! Happy 29th birthday Jami. I am so happy to have you as my friend. Enjoy your last year of the 20's because 30 is a comin. Happy Birthday!

My other favorite gal is my Aunt Connie. She will hate this because she doesn't like to make a big deal out of much, but I have to tell her happy birthday and how much I love her. Hope you enjoyed your day!
Just to explain this photo. This is one of my all-time favorites. I wanted pictures of the kids with the baby lambs so Connie was trying to help me with that. I love Connie's face in this picture and Brianne's expression is true classic.